Benefits to Industry
Taking a student for a work-based learning placement not only gives them invaluable experience for their course, but also can be a rewarding and worthwhile experience for an employer.
- Students can bring fresh enthusiasm and new ideas to your business and can be an extra resource at a busy time. They also have access to university/college resources, together with current technology and academic thinking, so can bring additional skills which could help you tackle long-term projects.
- Providing a placement is an opportunity to train a potential new recruit to your business with no commitment or risk. Working with a student over a number of weeks is the ideal way to 'test the water' and potentially recruit someone for the longer term.
- Students on placement can provide a cost effective solution to your recruitment needs. You can recruit students when you need them with no long term commitment.
- Foundation Degrees are tailored to Industry and students emerge from their studies with work-based skills. You may want to check whether the Foundation Degrees offered at The College include courses relevant to your specific industry.
- Providing Foundation Degree students with placement experience helps them enormously because you will be feeding back into Higher Education programme development, so contributing to student employability. It is also a chance for you to become involved in the mentoring of Foundation Degree students, so adding to their personal development and experience.
